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| Five participants in the riots at Makhachkala airport have been sentenced to long terms |
| 2025-04-15 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Today, the Leninsky District Court of Stavropol sentenced Dagestan residents Bashir Gazimagomedov, Mirzabek Gamzabekov, Saiputdin Gasankhanov, Mikail Misrikhanov and Yusup Shamilov to terms ranging from 8 years to 10 years and 2 months. As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, the case against these five defendants was brought to court in January. All defendants were charged with participating in mass riots and failure to comply with transport safety requirements at transport infrastructure facilities. Criminal cases on participation in the riots at Makhachkala airport are being considered by courts in Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais. From August 2024 to March 2025, 84 people were convicted on charges of participation in the riots, they were sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging from 4.5 to 10.5 years. "The court, taking into account the position of the state prosecutor, taking into account the nature and degree of public danger of the crimes committed and the role of each, sentenced the defendants to imprisonment for a term of 8 years to 10 years and 2 months, to be served in a general regime penal colony," the prosecutor's office said in a statement, as quoted by TASS. According to the case file on the court's website, five defendants were found guilty under Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in mass riots accompanied by violence, pogroms, destruction of property, use of objects posing a danger to others, as well as armed resistance to a government official), Part 3 of Article 263.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (failure to comply with transport safety requirements at transport infrastructure facilities and vehicles, if this act resulted in major damage through negligence, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy). According to the investigation, Bashir Gazimagomedov, Mirzabek Gamzabekov, Saiputdin Gasankhanov, Mikail Misrikhanov, Yusup Shamilov took part in mass riots at the Uytash airport based on national and religious hatred and hostility towards Israeli citizens. However, their specific actions are not described in the prosecutor's office release. It should be noted that earlier today the Mineralnye Vody City Court sentenced four residents of Dagestan to 8 years in prison, recognizing them as participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport. Sentences of 8-10 years in prison have become common in the "airport case," noted the chairman of the Dagestan POC, Shamil Khadulaev, in March. "Everything is being done as if from a carbon copy," he told the "Caucasian Knot." |
| Posted by:badanov |